Welt-sewing machine.



P. H. PERRY.

WELT SEWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 1910.

1,079,436, Patented Nov. 25, 1913:

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F. H. PERRY.

WELT SEWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2,1910.

Patented Nov. 25, 1913.

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F. H. PERRY.

WELT SEWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZ, 1910.

1,079,436, Patented Nov. 25, 1913.-

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FREDERICK H. PEER-Y, Oil? BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR T UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CGMPAN-Y, OF JERSEY.

WELT-SEWING MACHINE.

PatentedNov. 1913.

Application flied may aiieia. seria iib, Stance,

To all whom it mag concern: y

Be it known that I, FREDERICK H. PERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing, at Beverly, in the county of Essex and State-of, Massachusetts, have invented certain new Machines; and I do hereby declare the fol-, lowing to be a full, clear, and exact descrip; tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apper-. tains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to Welt sewing machines, and more articularly to means for holding the end 0? it is being attached to the upper and insole; at the beginning ofthe sewingoperation operator usually holds the end of the welt against the shoe at the beginning of the;

along with the shoe during the formation of} the first few stitches. When the end of the welt is thus held the seam must be started at some distance from the end of the welt, with a resulting waste of welting, It has been proposed to avoid this waste by providing.v

devices for holding the end of the'welt during the formation of the first-few stitchesso that the seam may be started close to the end of the welt. These devices as heretofore constructed have required special manipulation and attention on the part of the opera-v torin throwing them into operatiomwith a resulting waste of time and decrease in the production of the machine. These devices have also been so constructed and arranged that the welt holder is-- moved with the shoe during the feed by itsengagemc 'with the shoe. This increases the resistance offered to the movement of the shoe by the feeding awl or other feeding device, which is liable to result in an imperfect or inaccurate feed of the shoe.

It is accordingly the object of the present invention to provide devices for holding the end of the welt at "the beginning of the sewing operation which are thrown into and out of operationwithout requiringany special care or attention on the part of the opcrat0r,-and which do not offer any resist.

chine; and useful Improvements in Welt-Sewing.

the welt while;

by the feeding To these ends one feature of the invention PiVlERSOIT, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW contemplates the'provisioii ina welt sewing 1 machine of a welt holder which may be thrown into operation in starting v the ma lis' feature of thef invention -in its broaderaspects contemplates the employment of any suitable construction and arrangement of devices through which the welt holder may be engaged with the end of the welt upon the starting of the machine. ither directlythe'operator or automa'tic'a 1 b mchanismwhich is rendered active at thi; beginning 'of the sewing operation.

In the simplest and most desirable form of the invention which has been devised, the

1 welt 'holder' engaged with the end of-the In operating welt sewing machines the.

welt through connection with the starting .treadl'e, so that the operator in operating jthe treadle tos't'artthe machine also brings sewing operation, so that the welt 1s fed the welt holder into position to hold the end of the welt, and-this arrangement forms a further feature of the invention. With this construction, no additional attention or manipulation of parts on the part of the operator is requiredat the beginning of the sewing. operatlon, and the operator is re- ;lieved of the duty of holding the end-of the welt, so that the sewing of the shoes maybe more rapidly performed, with less care on the vpart of theoperator, and with less danger of injury to them.

A further feature of the invention contemplates the provision in a welt sewing maichine of a device for engaging the end of the {welt and holding it at the beginning of the sewing operation, which is actuated to more with the shoe during the feed independently. of its engagement with the shoe. The welt fholding devices do not therefore offer any resistance to the advance of the shoe by the Qfeeding devices, buton the contrary may assist in feeding the shoe at the beginning. of

the sewing operation, and until the end of the welt has been secured 'to theshoe by the I stitch forming mechanism. For the sake of simplicity of construction it is preferred to move the welt holding device in the direction of the feed of the shoe through conned tion with the shoe feeding mechanism, and. this arrangement forms a further feature of the invention.

In addition to the feature above out- I the looper,

lined, the invention includes certa n further; .features and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter explained and referred to in the claims, the advantages of which will be apparent to those skilled. in the art.

In the drawings the invention is illus-' trated as embodied in.an attachment applied to the well-known Goodyear welt sewingmachine, but it will be understood that the invention is not confined in its application to an attachment of this kind, but may be" embodied in attachments for other forms of. welt sewing machines, or maybe otherwise incorporated in the'Goodyear or other machines. L N g The various features of theinvention will be understood froman inspection of the accompanying drawings, and the following detailed description of the construction shown therein.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a left-hand side elevation of the Goodyear welt and turn sewing machine having an attachment embodying the invention appliedfther'eto;

4; Fig. 7 is a detail plan view showing the rear end of the carrier for the welt holder; and 'Fig'. 8 is a detail end of the carrier. Referring to the frame of the machine, 2 the gage or work support, 3 the welt guide, 4: the needle, 5 6 the feed point, and 7 the .feed

slide, these parts being constructed and ar ranged in thesame manner and operated by the same mechanisms as .the corresponding parts ofthe well-known Goodyear welt and turn machine, which is disclosed in the" atentto Frenchand Meyer, No. 412,704,

', ctobe'r'8, 1889. Themachine is also pro-' videdfwith means for engaging the end of the welt which, "projects throughthev welt guide, and holdingit in proper relation to the shoe atthe beginning of'the sewing" operation, and, until it' is 'at tachedtol the shoe by the stitch forming mechanism. In

the construction shown; thelmeans for ,hold'-' ing the endof the welt at the beginning oi the sewing operation comprises a finger B which is provided at its forward end with point 9 adapted to penetratethe endi uhe welt; and hold it inl contact with the sh" The rear end i the welt hold'ng finger adjustably securedfin a'splifiboss lOiformed plan view of the front.

drawings, 1 indicates the any attention o the st r-he front end of a; holder carrying 3 arm llifso thatithe' welt engaging point 9 may be conveniently adjusted to properly engage and position the welt; In order "that the welt holding finger may move'withthe shoe as the shoe is fed at the beginning of the sewing operatiom'the carrying arm 11 is mounted toswing about a pivot 12, and in order that the finger may be readily: engaged with and disengaged from the welt at the proper times, the pivot 12 is carried upon .a' slide 13 which is mounted in a supporting ,bracket 14. The slide 13 isnormally held in retracted position so that the welt holding finger is out of engagement with the welt,

a spring 15. Theholder carrying arm 11 is held in normal position against an adjustable stop screw 16 upontheslide 13:,by a spring' pressed plunger- 17 (Fig; 7). This plunger engages the rear end of a, lever 18 hichlispivot'ed upon the slide 13, andis provided at its forward end with an adjust- ,ingscrew l9arranged to engage apin 20 on ithe arm 11. By these devices the spring 21 iback ofthe pin 17 acts to hold the welt engaging finger in proper position to engage the welt when the slide. 13 is advanced, .yields to allow the finger to move in the direction of feed with the shoe, and acts to remm the finger to normal position upon the :slide when the slide is retracted and the ,finger is disengaged from the welt. Q The lever 18. also acts as a latch for connecting gthe slide 13 with its actuating lever, and for idisconnecting it 7 therefrom when the welt '=hold1ng finger moves in the direction of the .feed, as'will be more fully explained here gafter.

The slide 13 advanced to engage the lwelt holding finger with the 'welt by an iact-uating lever 22, onearm of which car- ;ries'a-laterally projecting pin 23 provided ;with, '"a' shoulder 24 arranged to engage the rear end of the lever 18.} The actuating ilever is {held normall in retractedposition @by' a spring 25 and is operated to advance ;the slide 13 through a rod' 26i vIn order i-that'the welt holder may be engaged with ithe welt prior to the initial ,0

:the rod'.26 is "preferab y connected withlthe starting treadle'which is 'depres's'ed'hy the .operator in starting the machine." "This shoe has been completed. Iriofi-der that the means are "provided :"for disconnecting the slide 13 iromfitsf actuatihg lever 22'. For

p I eration of the sewing mechanism, and wit out requiring partg'ot the. operator,

e operator during" the" sewin'g'joperatiomj 'andisnOt released until thesewing of the welt, holdingffingeima.y be disengaged from] the weltlaft er theend of the welthas been secured to the 11 per and insole bythe initial 7 operation ot t e Jstitch Pfor'm'ing. devices,

'Itreadleisheld in its depressed position by'il' 15. A Welt sewin machine, having, in disconnecting I the actuatin device and combination, stitch ormin mechanism, a holder by the movement of t e holder with welt holder movable'towar and from they thes hoe, subst'antiall};J as described.

shoe and in the direction ofthe feed of the FRED RICK H. PERRY. shoe, an actuating device, devices for con- Witnesses; a nectmg the actuating device withthe start- CHESTER E. Roenns,

ing treadle of the machine, and means for LAURA M. Goonmnen.

copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by adqlressing the commissioner at Iatents,

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[t is hereby certified that in Letters: Patent No. 1,079,436, granted Noreniber 25, 1913, upon the application .of Frederick H. Perry, of Beverly, Massachusetts,

foran improvement in Welt-Sewing Machines, an error appears in the printed against the shoe, and that the Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same inayconform to the record of the' case in the Patent Office, A I

Signed and sealed this 23rd day of December, A. n, 1913.

[sEAL] J. NEWTON,

Acting Commissioner of Patents.

Correction in" Letters Patent o. 1,079,436.

specification requiring correction as follows: Page 4,1ine 16, strike out thB WOIdS 

